The tree of liberty will grow only when watered by the blood of tyrants.    From LearnThat.org.  [Bertrand Barere, Source: 1792, Address to the French National Assembly]

Adjective : an amply watered area. ,a poorly watered garden. ,watered silk.    From Dictionary.com. 

The U.S. now circulating what's being described as watered down resolution.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2006] Reference

Neither the green goods, nor the bogus capital called watered stock represents a dollar in real value.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Root of Evil] Reference

"I would like to categorically reject any impression, any word, called watered down," he told reporters Tuesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [IPS Inter Press Service] Reference

'I would like to categorically reject any impression, any word, called watered down,' he told reporters Tuesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Issues News Headlines] Reference

And as a result, I think they kind of watered down their brands.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 13, 2006] Reference

Galina did not try to rise; she had been "watered" often enough by now.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Crown of Swords]

It was a good, strong, strong family and then it got kind of watered out.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures] Reference

Thanks for this link: I'm from that neck of the woods & grew up speaking a kind of watered-down Wenglish.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: WENGLISH.] Reference

Most big-budget studio films gravitate to a kind of watered-down, lowest-common-denominator kind of moral standard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vatican denounces 'Angels & Demons' | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com] Reference

Color reddish brown, often with irregular dark streaks producing a "watered" effect on smooth boards; thick sapwood, grayish white.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of Trees] Reference

I'm not sure why we should expect the worlds that cater to the mainstream MUD/MMOG players to be anything but kind of watered down.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Pessimist Writes...] Reference

And I talked to some activists today who said what they were really looking to was not just this memorandum, which is kind of watered down.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2009] Reference

Daleth watered, which is the symbol of the quaternary. (.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hebrew Literature] Reference

They tasted surprisingly similar and kind of watered down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recent Reviews Near San Francisco, CA] Reference

His hair had been freshly cut, but he had not "watered" it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Way of Ambition] Reference

It looks kind of watered down (still much darker than those old erasable pens).    From Wordnik.com.  [Amazon.com Gold Box Deals] Reference

There were reports that Andrew Flintoff, the hero of that side, "watered" the Rose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Plants that were "watered" with alcohol produced blooms that remained upright longer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Article Source] Reference

This is quite enjoyable music: ambient, smooth, "watered", personal and full of tact.    From Wordnik.com.  [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference

They're a bunch of vaguely familiar faces who function as a kind of watered down "A-Team.".    From Wordnik.com.  [WBBM CBS 2 Chicago Top Videos Videos] Reference

My mouth "watered" for some quail on toast, or a nice piece of tenderloin, with a cup of tea.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Twin Hells] Reference

When added to food products-such as watered-down milk-melamine creates the false appearance of high protein levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [NewsInferno] Reference

And they did so, presumably, to get Democratic reforms, not the kind of watered down, bi-partisan gruel McBobo fetishizes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake] Reference

The textiles called cheney were sometimes embossed with a moire or 'watered' pattern to increase their resemblance to silk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inventory of Robert Carter's Estate, November [1733]] Reference

Yet most people find it hard to contemplate even the kind of watered-down, voluntary ­solitude that my life consists of. ­.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

So when we saw these powder-coated products from Seattle-based design team iacoli & mcallister, well, our mouth kind of watered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference

Rock fans think he's a watered-down Bob Seger impersonator.    From Wordnik.com.  [The World According To Garth] Reference

Non-AOC vintners, and some AOC ones as well, simply watered anyway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vins D'angleterre?] Reference

After the pilot, the show got watered down with boring, unrelated subplots.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Call This A Golden Age?] Reference

Analysts predict that a watered-down version of the tax package will get passed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexico's War Over Taxes] Reference

If they keep the flowers watered, they are a pretty alternative to concrete barriers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Off Beat: Balancing Beauty And Brawn] Reference

But then he could lose face if it is watered down to garner crucial support from the LDP.    From Wordnik.com.  [Japanese Politics: Get Used To Surprises] Reference

But once Phair's public bought into that girl, they wouldn't accept a watered-down version.    From Wordnik.com.  [Return From Exile] Reference

Somehow, the strong heady wine of condemnation and redemption was being watered and diluted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pope’s Denial Problem] Reference

Fat: 4.4 grams Sugar: 18.2 grams Tastes like watered-down eggnog -- which is actually a good thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health: Soy To The World] Reference